On the same day that Adoniram Judson presented himself for missionary service to East Asia, he met a young girl named Ann. After knowing each other for just over a month, Judson wrote her father asking for his blessing: “I have now to ask, whether you can consent to part with your daughter early next spring, to…
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“There are no ordinary people. You have never talked to a mere mortal…But it is immortals whom we joke with, work with, marry, snub and exploit - immortal horrors or everlasting splendors. This does not mean that we are to be perpetually solemn. We must play. But our merriment must be of that kind (and…
Jonathan Edwards was an American preacher in the early 18th Century. I hope that these resolutions, penned nearly three hundred years ago, will still have an alluring ring in your ear and mine. The Resolutions of Jonathan Edwards (1722-1723) Being sensible that I am unable to do anything without God’s help, I do humbly entreat…
Naomi’s husband and sons have died in Moab. Naomi is now, according to the customs of her day, useless to her former daughters-in-law. She does what any kind woman of that day would do and implores them to leave her and find new husbands to take care of them. What more could she offer them…
Before anything, God. Father, Son, and Spirit existing perfectly Not needing anything, having everything With a love so full it was bound to break free. The Father, working by the Spirit Through the Son speaks and shows His might Nothing becomes something when He cries “Let there be light!” Everything screams about His…
As our next few weeks are filled with hopeful expectation of friendship, family, and the warm air of generosity that often accompanies the Christmas season, I hope you are also taking the time to participate in the Church tradition of Advent. There is nothing mystical about the tradition; rather, it is simply an increased intentionality…